bullseye {100/365}

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I didn't plan it this way.  In fact, I didn't even notice until I was looking to see what day in the project this was.

Day 100 - BULLSEYE!!!  wooot!

One Hundred days of faithfully taking a shot at something each and every single (omg) day.

How fitting ...

100/365

No tripod this time, and no fancy lighting.  heh.  I was wandering around outside, camera in hand, looking for something (anything!) to shoot when I gave up and went back into the house, via the garage.

And spied the dartboard.  Yay!  I love all of the sawdust on it.

Another shot for PW's macro challenge :)   Have you joined in?

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cookies {99/365}

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Today's shot is courtesy of  PW's newest photo challenge.

The theme for the new Photography Assignment is…MACRO. I love macro photography, after dabbling in it for a short time a couple of years ago. I love how beautifully a macro lens opens up a whole world.

I LOVE messing around with macros.  If you browse around my flickr stream, you'll find tons of your typical florals and creepy crawlers (some good, some oh so horrid), the kind of stuff that just begs for a macro lens.  Fun!

But I wanted to try something different today, so I did this ...

99/365
100mm - f/4 - 1/60 - ISO 400

Cookies!

I've been asked before if I have a lightbox, and the answer is no.  I'd like one though, if you're giving them away.  I take shots like this on top of my stove.  Yes, my stove.  Today I fooled around with some fancy lighting (which would be the light in the hood vent with a paper towel cover) (have a fire extinguisher handy should you attempt) and some fancy flash equipment (a coffee filter over my pop-up flash) and this is the result.   Feel free to emulate my trashy ways.

PW's contest runs until ... ummmm, hell I don't know.  But she starts posting groups (photos that stand out in the stream) on Monday, so I guess you have the weekend at the very least, and you're allowed to post one photo to the flickr group per day.  I think I'll stick with this challenge and see what else I can catch.

There are some amazing submissions already.  Go browse the group.

And start snapping those macros :)

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You can find my 365 project on flickr or check out the flickr group for Shutter Sisters.
For all daily photos posted here - Click project365 in the Category list in the right sidebar.

week three {97/365}

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I don't think there's much change from last week.

Maybe it got a little bigger?

Hmmmm ...

97/365

Uploading this,  I couldn't stop "fuzzy wuzzy was a bear" from running through my head.

Over and over.

And over!

ugh ...

(you've got it now too, don't you ... yer' welcome)

week one
week two

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gerberas {93/365}

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Told ya I went flower shopping ...

93/365

I had a hard time with this shot. I wanted to catch the beam of sunlight, but struggled a lot trying to get my exposure right with the dark wall behind.  The petals are still a bit blown out, but whatever. You should've seen SOME of them!  ooooh it was bad ...

I'd love to fool around with some textures on this, but no time this weekend with the holiday.

That said, I'm off to play Easter Bunny and hide some stuff.

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You can find my 365 project on flickr or check out the flickr group for Shutter Sisters.
For all daily photos posted here - Click project365 in the Category list in the right sidebar.